Ephesians 5:28

In 9 translations

BSB

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

KJV

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

WEB

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

ASV

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

LSV

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—he loves himself;

YLT

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;

DBY

So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.

DRC

So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.

GNV

So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ,

RP2018

Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾷν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα, ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ·

TR-Boyd

Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾷν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα, ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ·

SCR1894

ουτως οφειλουσιν οι ανδρες αγαπαν τας εαυτων γυναικας ως τα εαυτων σωματα ο αγαπων την εαυτου γυναικα εαυτον αγαπα

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
• Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Genesis 2:21–24So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman…
• Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
• Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

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